The Australian Government is providing $36 million in funding to a Canberra based advanced weaponry company, who are exporting their next-generation weapons systems to Saudi Arabia.

The company, EOS developed a portable, remote controlled advanced weaponry system that houses machine guns, cannons, and missile launchers, which is to be exported to Saudi Arabia following a new deal.

Alabama members of Congress have called for the resignation of a newspaper editor who encouraged the resurgence white supremacist, terrorist organisation, the Ku Klux Klan.

Goodloe Sutton wrote and published an editorial in the Democrat- Reporter newspaper that begins with the line, “time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again”, going on to say Democrats are planning to raise taxes in Alabama, and their gated communities should be raided.

The WA Primary Principals’ Association is calling for parents to stop dropping their children to school too early, saying it exceeds their duty of care.

President of the Association Ian Anderson says students turning up early is a growing problem for schools, with many banning before school play for the safety and welfare of students.

Swastikas and anti-Semite phrases have been spray painted across a Jewish cemetery in France just hours before marches condemning anti-Semitism occurred across the country.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the cemetery in Quatzenheim, near Strasbourg, where 90 graves in all were desecrated, saying it was important to be there in support of the community.

There were 541 anti-Semitic incidents in France last year, up 311% from 2017.

An intersection in Annerley where a pedestrian was killed when two cars collided last year will be considered for safety upgrades following a petition from locals to Brisbane City council.

More than 200 people signed the petition which called for upgrades to the intersection of Venner Road and Frederick Street, including a reduction of the speed limit from 60 km/hour to 40 km/hour.

Recent sewage testing in regional Queensland has pointed towards an increase in the use of the drug ice despite state government programs to address the issue.

The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program today released a report that found Queensland’s methamphetamine consumption increased between April 2018 and August 2018, totalling more than 9.6 tonnes over the past year.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has announced his second consecutive bid for US President, after losing the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Sanders will enter the race as one of the front-runners, sporting a progressive policy agenda that includes expanding health care, broadening the social safety net and free higher education.

In a video announcing his run, Sanders set out plans to transform the US, while also labelling President Donald Trump as a pathological liar, a fraud, a racist, a sexist, and a xenophobe.

A British teenager who fled the UK to join ISIS in 2015 is set to be stripped of her UK citizenship after begging to return home.

19-year old Shamima Begum gave birth in a refugee camp in Syria on Sunday, and has since made international headlines after wishing to return home and voicing her support of Islamist violence.

Lawyer Mohammed Akunjee said in a statement on Twitter that her family were "very disappointed with the Home Office's intention to have an order made depriving Shamima of her citizenship."

Labor has proposed a new plan that would force banks and financial regulators to report every six months on their progress fixing cultural problems exposed by the royal commision.

Bill Shorten says only Labor can be trusted to clean up the banks, adding he would make banking execs front up to parliament and explain what they’re doing to clean up their act.